Ha ha ha.... the disgrace that is HS2 just gets worse.
Now, to save money the Govt. has decided to reduce the top speed of trains on the new lines (thereby reducing the specifications of the system & making it cheaper to construct).
Whatever might think of the original conception of High Speed Rail, this project has demonstrated the difficulty the UK in actually delivering infrastructure projects (and specifically railways).
Just ludicrous
@ChrisMayLA6 Honestly the original speeds very vanity project stuff in the first place. Lower speeds means higher density means higher throughput.
The UK actually does pretty well delivering rail projects providing MPs are not allowed anywhere near it. Providing it's boring and they are kept away we normally do okay, although usually end up behind schedule.
Borders railway for example was on time and under budget because it wasn't designed in parliament.
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